• 5 months ago
Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou reacts to how the last 48 hours have revealed a lot to him

Tottenham Hotspurs Stadium, London, UK
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00:00 What do you think of the performance?
00:24 I thought it was a tight game. Big moments for both teams. They capitalised on the way
00:35 they didn't. That garnered the outcome that happened. Disappointing to lose.
00:46 You talked about the way you set up and the positives you took from the way you took game
00:56 two.
00:57 I thought it was a tight game. They're a top team and I don't think they dominated us at
01:04 any point. Probably towards the end when we had to open up a bit to try and equalise.
01:09 Up until the first goal I thought we were well in the game. In some areas we were more
01:14 dominant. Ultimately, you want to win these games you've got to take the big moments.
01:20 You've got to be disciplined. It's fair to say it's the area we've let ourselves down
01:25 all year. Not capitalising on big moments and lacking some discipline in our football.
01:30 Can you see the foundations of what you're building?
01:35 No, I think the last 48 hours has revealed to me the foundations are fairly fragile.
01:43 That's what I feel. I think the last 48 hours has revealed a fair bit to me. That's all
01:52 right. That just means I've got to go back to the drawing board with some things.
01:56 What did you make of the fans' challenge?
02:00 Not interested, mate. Don't care.
02:03 Is it inside the club?
02:06 Outside, inside, everywhere. It's been an interesting exercise.
02:10 Do you have anything to do with players?
02:12 It's just my observations, mate. I'm not going to tell you because it's for me. I'm the one
02:16 that's got to do it. You can make your own fairly accurate assessment of what's happened.
02:25 I understand I'll probably misread the situation as to what I think is important in your endeavour
02:30 to become a winning team, but that's okay. That's why I'm here.
02:34 You talked a lot about how you feel you're going to do in your summer plan.
02:39 In the way you were talking, do you feel you might have to change it?
02:42 No, it's got nothing to do with summer plans. The summer plans are there.
02:47 Can you assume that this is tied up with the Arsenal rivalry?
02:55 I'm just not interested, mate. Maybe I'm out of step, but I just don't care.
03:03 I just want to win. I want to be successful at this football club.
03:07 That's why I was brought. What other people, how they want to feel and what their priorities are
03:13 are of no, zero interest to me. I know what's important to build a winning team
03:17 and that's what I need to concentrate on.
03:19 The fans have roared on the team many times during this season,
03:23 but it was a notion some of you had about the team.
03:26 Of course it was, yeah.
03:28 Is that disappointing?
03:29 No, it is what it is, mate. I can't dictate what people do.
03:33 They're allowed to express themselves in any way they want.
03:37 But yeah, when we've got late winners in games, it's because the crowd's helped us.
03:43 In the last 40 hours, have they stimmed you in terms of what you want to do?
03:47 I've already known what I wanted to do.
03:49 It's just that I've got to make some adjustments to how I do it.
03:54 And there's a nice moment at the end, you brought Mike Kimmel around.
03:57 I guess reward for a really good season of progress for you.
04:00 Yeah, he's been training well with us and been keen to get him some game time.
04:07 It just hasn't panned out in the last few games, but I thought it was an opportunity to get him out there.
04:11 He's still got a long way to go. He's only 16, but he's a great kid.
04:14 It is reward because we've had him training with us and he hasn't been playing with the 21s either.
04:19 I thought it wouldn't be fair to not at least reward his hard work with an appearance.
04:25 When Sonny goes through one-on-one at the end there, we've seen him bury lots of those chances.
04:32 Did you expect him to score? He was already on the ground expecting him to score.
04:36 Yeah, you'd bank on Sonny.
04:40 Like I said, the big moments, we didn't come up with it today.
04:44 It wasn't just him and Kosevski a couple of times. We had some decent chances.
04:49 I was really disappointed with their first goal. It just lacked some discipline again.
04:52 It's been the story of our season where we haven't capitalised on big moments and lack some discipline in our football.
04:59 But again, that's stuff that we just need to keep trying to improve.
05:02 Benson McClellan was extremely unresponsive. Kalata kicked his chair. Were you okay with that?
05:09 I didn't notice. I didn't notice. I don't care.
05:12 Were you happy generally with the application last year for your players?
05:18 I think, unless I was watching a different game, we matched it with the best team in the land for the last four years.
05:24 Unless somebody saw it differently.
05:26 Well, doesn't it sort of pan out that why wouldn't I be happy if we've matched a team that's kind of the benchmark?
05:35 I mean, I don't understand. So, yeah, I was happy with the application. Of course I was.
05:38 I think that was evident. Thank you.
05:40 Thanks.
05:41 Thanks.
05:42 Thanks.
05:44 Thanks.
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